Triggers for Secondary Movement in sudden onset disasters: A Lookback Study on internal displacement in Malawi and Mozambique

Client
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

Duration
2019

Our project team
Becky-Jay Harrington
Mette Steen Peterson
Anders Toftager Sogaard
Soren Boge
Kennedy Ngwira
Shadrick Mtambo

Type of work
Legal and regulatory frameworks
Research and analysis
Reports and editing

Key themes
Climate change
Conflict
Development
Disaster financing
Disaster risk reduction (DRR)
Displacement
Education and awareness
Environment
Gender equality and social inclusion (GESI)
Gender responsiveness
Legal frameworks for displacement
Procedure and policy

About this project

The study provides recommendations for existing Red Cross tools for assessments for early recovery, to include questions on displacement and capture the linkages between primary internal displacement and how communities make choices during displacement.

It contributes to better understanding of the triggers, and how they are affected by or are affecting the coping-mechanisms once security has been established, within the first two weeks and how resilience from communities affected displaced persons. It also identifies the potential value of deploying a migration displacement specialist to such responses, and identify ways in which internal displacement can be integrated into existing IFRC/National Societies operational and recovery decision making frameworks.

The report provides well-informed information for Malawi and Mozambique’s particular contexts, which may support further decision making. Data showing patterns of decision processes in displacements can help predict future migration flows after sudden disasters and contribute to forecast-based action.